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    Los dngelse » Horsafosr 29, 1951 Mr. A. 35. Stoddardr Sariy m s year I discussed with you tho advisability of tho Los Ysgns L a m end Mstor Cosysay asking an application to tho SOmd* Public Ssrrios Comission for emergency relief by emending certain of Its sole* m & regulations la order that w scold be ?*• U m 4 of the retirement Is asks new water ssrrles connections la tbs Oily sf Las fogs* during m s period of tsrtsr ahertcge. m s application m o filed with tbs Commission under fiats of m y 12, 1951, bat informally so agreed with tho Commission that no action should ho taksa on tbs application until tho public reaction to ths application son determined. I| was, of eonrss, °ns of the principal thoughts behind m s application that ths sffsct wuld ho to stir up polite Uitftil la tho solving of ths water si teat ion and appreciation of tho faot that It was oalyttoeu* the which caoo daring tho peak consumption parted la 1951 t*at • rosy sor­ites w a m shorts** was She reception of tho publicity ***** **• application was ast as effective as wo had hoped and dlseasaloa of ths a t t s a i vary tuiekly dropped. for W i rsossa, £ k Bennett sad I fslt that wo m e l d ask tho Csaalsaioa to proosod with consideration of issuing an emergency order* M s has now hose doas sad 1 attach o copy ff m s ardor aads offsetlTO as of Bsesaber 1, 1951. ***** *• dated Hsrsir* her 23rd, sad ea being sods public tho offost was very pronounced,. hath tho paper* la Lao Yogas hors dovatad * groat part of thslr space to dlaoaasloas of ths aattsr* I an *ult* hopeful that as as outcome of these dissuasions and public meetings m « h or# new sdhed»le&, **• general public shoald rosily bo informed as to tho seriousness of tho water shortage situation, and as a result of m s , ssos rssl public latsrsst will be dsvslsptd la tho aattsr of solving tho procedure for tho briars* of water f sen leke led* ns yea will asts, m i s ths Coaalssioa's Hi fsrts Ordtr It sffoetlvo as of Dsooabsr 1, 1951, a hsarta* for tho final jeaslderatloa of ths aattsr has bssa sot for January 2 2 , 1952* ol which tie# tho Interested parties will bo heard. la order that y e w file on m s aattsr may bo complete, I attach copy of ths original application and sf *ws^8»m»ms i m r o sabasQuaatly filed. S else attaeh copy of a letter. m « h Hr. Bennett hoe written t* Mr. Hen** oa tho eabieet. si. fta. Eslnhardt (Sgne3) m : ^ m A m t 1\S- H m m